338 TEN YEARS IN SWEDEN. 



137. F. CANNABINA, L. Hampling. The Linnet. D. F. 



About the size of the last. The male in the spring 

 has the head and breast blood-red ; neck and back of 

 the head ash grey ; back and shoulders chestnut brown. 

 In the autumn the red becomes brownish, and the brown 

 on the back greyish. Female, which never has red at 

 any time, and young, resemble the male in autumn j beak 

 as long as the hind toe, with half the claw ; in summer 

 stone brown, in winter grey. 



Distinguishing marks between the common linnet, the 

 mountain linnet, and the mealy redpole in the breeding 

 dress : 



The mountain linnet has a red rump in the spring, but 

 never a red head, and only one white band over the wing. 



The common linnet never has a red rump, only part of 

 the head and breast are red in the spring ; no white cross 

 band on the wing. 



The mealy redpole has red over the forehead as well as 

 on the rump, and two white bands across the wing. 



Is common over the whole country during summer, at 

 least as far up as Upsala. Some remain in the south during 

 winter. I saw one or two up at Quickiock in the summer, 

 but never took the nest there. 



138. F. FLAVIROSTRIS, Nilss. Ghilnabbad Hampling. D. F. 



The Mountain Linnet. 



About the size of the last ; upper parts blackish, with 

 rusty feather edges ; throat rusty yellow ; rump in male 

 red; beak in summer yellow, in winter brown. 

 In the summer appears to be confined to the very north- 

 ern parts of Scandinavia, but in the autumn comes down 

 into the south. Neither this nor the last are so common here 

 at any time as the redpole. 



Both the linnets remain in the south during the winter. 



Gen. F. Erythrina, Mey. 



The scarlet bullfinch is common during the summer 

 throughout the whole south-east of Finland. Is said to have 

 been detected breeding on Sylt, in Denmark, and is reported 



